THE OTHER "ARISTOCRATIC" CANDIDATE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 5, 9 November 1878, Page 2

THE OTHER "ARISTOCRATIC" CANDIDATE.

TO THE EDITOR. SiK.-r-Will you kindly inform your humble servant if he may expect a fewinches of your open column, for the purpose of saying a few words anent the late Foxton meeting, m which onr coming' genius, Mr Dawson, has so honestly unearthed 1 some mysteriom tricks which were practised about the period that dying Provincialism gave foirth to the unlucky cMld^Countyism. If you cannot put this matter m yon* [Saturday's issue* please put it m on Wednesday, so that tho Foxton voters may be enabled more fully to appreciate ■• the nohley self-sacrificing, ..and uninte* rested, conduct of. 'their coming- man,- and vote accordingly^ Tfi be -.brief-:- Mr T< opens with a caution to the. poor arid .«<s' wtepayew ahwt retu.?wu^ 'Vh«

monious gents " for County Councillors, and points back to strong opposition times (perhaps "the present") goes on to say that he cannot -run slick m tho talking line, hot being able to bark: loud ; but he is all there— -like the Australian native dingo-— for biting severely and effectually, but not openly. Grand qualification fOr'Couuottlor { This child likes the dog who stands out and bark* loud and fiercely, and perhaps so do> some of the Foxton ratepayers. Thin would-be Councillor dives v/exb inJto> mysterious problems about ;inMg£n.arjf;. lines of demarcation* which is supposed to prove that his interests and those of Foxton are one* although he- admits ho does not possess the qualification (per* haps, unnecessary one) of being- a resin , dent. This difficulty is disposed of by his pitching into what Loudon (martyr) has dared to say that he has m past times- done for Foxton, not mentioning good or evil doings. He, after laborious! '"" search, has been able to. say that Foxton is about my age— viz. y thirty yearsr'and, at the present time, much Kke myvva self* no hotter- for that, through stagoa* tion, which he intends removing by opening up an enormous tract of lanA near Paikakariki for deferred- pay ment; genta with small: holdings (similar, I; trusty to those, held by the few Gornojuk t ±. serfs at the Carnarvon junction). Poor future for a large population, unless, ife oan exist and fatten on sand, wind,, faith, ai\d perhapsr-Mfco give the dish } flavor— a .'.b.unbU.^...?bi:.;\^;s4. : :v^i^se9^Such a man, if elected -hopes to be sUoto advise the Government on the settle^ ment question.. God forbid that anj^ Gover&mefrt should go, te^ the largest., squatting? interest m the district to bo- "'. advised how to be jroivide for •pecialt settlements. I guess how: the provision* would tugrnout-^by turning the poophv out and increasing^the ntfmber of bolts; and rams aud bales, of wool. O^lumi*. ■ nary then informs the enchanted audi*, ence that they have not had a fair sharo- • of money spent fci thebMnidst— -(Glorious, reTelatioTkl-rwho. ever hadP)-Jjufr thotime is coming, after, next Wednesday* (unless Loudon- gets m) wlien, thisomis- — . sion, wiU be reeti£edr- *(applause)~and, the land fund will shower- the coin downj upon, their thirsty- souls, Or failing that*; - pockets. He then states that we' liw ; under the British Constitution (what do-, you think of that ?} and that the- backs., country :has been opened up by the saloof lands (grand idea !) and doeVnot seewhy Foxton, should not receive a proportion of the results (no. more do I, if '■ they areen&tted to, them). The inland road to Otaki must be opened wide, and a bridge across the Manawatu (perhap* a,t 'JPaj[me^ston». or- may be- Foxton) !'.'.' erected, and Qqunty funds, expended m \ making district roa/ls (whea, thoreisnofc half enough,, nor ever has. been, to keep . County roads m. needful repair). <gJ6h. \ rious doctrine for- special settlements^ 4 like thft Douglas Stock-!; The Wei* . Coast Bailway will have, he says," totio*. dealt with, T.histisa matter he is inti--mately acquainted with, having just; lately completed the Foxton and San* don line*, wliich, I suppose,, ho was iuf strumental iv originating-. , So be it:. '..' This Foxton line to (its rival)' Welling^, ton will, ho says (if possible), be started^ at Foxton (no doubt of it),, as by so doings Mr Bawson cOuld then-utilise^ the whoJe of the rolling stock how lay-.-ing at this junction m almost a;;uselessL. state. He then tells ln's-^by.tbis" tijnesurely—mesmerised audience thafr theirwharfis too small, and mus,feh<i,mad6- . bigger. What strong imagination h©r must, possess* and how. little; he must know of the trade now doing there when*he says the wjiarfis too small, iwouid.most respectfully suggest thafethe Grov. vernment be requested, at once -to tunfe the present wharf ond for- end across; tue river, thereby converting it into » railway bridge,, as w.hpniDaw.sonlmakess \ the: line to. Wellington, Foxton ceasos„ to: be a seaport, and will-require nothing more than, appliances for fastening-;-; fijming-boats; to. Th* piles will qpite-. answer this, purpose, ariel the . money.- , already spent onthe wharf will not havft-... been utterly wasted. The idea/ of sellers Kvingr between^ Foxton. and iP.ajk.i-^* kjariki, on the railway line to; W^lnnj|fc ton, doing, thpir business at F^ton^iss aj supreme one v and could only originate* . iv the fertile braifc of -aj would-be Garnar^ , von County CpHncillor.. Some onp said?, he, D., was, au> Outsider (what: a fib $fa which he proves by gently leading.themeeting iwf> years back m bjstoriealL . events, and introdttcing^themtb'a quiet; little; game- jof humbug" with_tb,« pnw/ great Dr. Pollen* when,, +& it appears;. h.% WJBfc sneakingly.db^.tp.Wfeilihgtoii, to tamper with the originalßidingboundaries within this County;- .and- *.*s through much tribulation. he, siKiWefifeds m stealing an extra. member forFoxtpn.. This was the>elim.ax of his cxaltatibn;-, and will the country believe ij;? ; r Yei.„ it will." This bit Of sly diugpibitihg^ has from that very day damned theprosperity of Foxton_as the natural tiafc. '' let for the produce broths Man^wati*.. . Foxton may, ashe progn6stiea*Bsi;eou-. tinup to be the. County town. But what . 'of that-- wߣ that r s^pprit" foxton 1^ No ; County officesinayb^ buijt infFojis ton,, and wifl.no doubt be done, -if a cerx tain number ■. :$§ mo^ v l^^ringi B^ 80 * I*1 '* stamp are Te'turnedvto'the Qo^ncil'-neixt,,; v Wednesday; but • faiHng that, lany- "■ Council" must see- the utt«- absurdity- - of going to any. pei'maneot expense'in. bnilding; offices, m, j^o&toja*. u,uless the^fcan be sold at no distant date. W6-up>v country people want tracks to ''our : -\ horacsteads. before expensive offices are* built aaywhere ; and tho £pOQ so feel*.i.ngly touched upon, by our friends, will, probably not be. spent m their midst, at he kindly say& He began by preachitijj; harmony,, and ended by scattering th». small coins among Ids f riwds-i, ftndj what did he prove ? Why, simply this : that he had been a cunning; trickster ii^ . a Wellington. Government office, and by trickery did succeed m cheating om». part of the County to unfairly aggrajK disc another, tb,at one being Foxtot*.* In my opinion, Mr -Editor* those geiitE; (harmpn.iOns. though they /«^ -be)L watching. A ConntHl composed; of kuch samples pj humanity .will, soorv '.'. become notoi'ious^-rior whafrr^perhaps;; ; honest dealings, a thing to be. much ; dreacfed. if -our> Foxton fvionds wsmt a dog who. cannot not dare not, bark, but who, to' his own showing, cam bite qiiietly, then I sot— -vote for Daw;* son v thc man, who go\ you a member ybuyw.ore never honestly entitled to, who will g^t vox*, a railway to Sandon on i-.-tka. one hand and Wellington '-'-bnr the other f %ith kiads to Qtaki and^?rl^frOxten-v - sioh,;' coupled^ with i signalstto^pihrts t« tionsg>l6rc y wid^Ua ■; & X '.sfcMf*g -,

continue the line to Greatford, and pull up and destroy the one now m use by the simpletons who inhabit the wilds of the Upper Mahawatn. Vote for Daw* son !— ho to his showing is a very treasure — a pink — a diamond — m I won't ■ay what, and anything but a friend to your old friend but now prodigal child, Loudon. Never mind, Mr Editor, I will bet on F.L., and so may you— that is if you are a betting man. Adieu J — until the elections are over.— l am, &c, Manawatu.